Image: Matt Wuerker, Politico Magazine By Annabel Jones Can you still believe that in the 21st century people are living in absolute poverty, while others live a life of luxury? When examining inequality, we need to take into account the inequalities within countries...
Image: https://unsplash.com/@thomasdeluze By Ismael Dembele It is often impossible to ignore the stark realities of economic inequality in certain areas of the globe. Death from preventable illnesses, the staggering imbalances in incomes between rich and poor, and a...
Image: https://unsplash.com/@carlosdetoro By Miranda Harrison This year has highlighted to everyone that inequality continues to be a major problem. While thousands of people in the UK have lost their jobs or been furloughed as a result of the coronavirus pandemic,...
The dichotomy that is plaguing the world By Alanah Coulson The covid-19 pandemic has brought an abundance of things to light; brightest of all being the raging divide between the rich and poor. Not only have healthcare systems become crippled, but so too the economy...
Image: https://unsplash.com/@cdc By Nadia Ibrahim Poverty affects more than one in four children in the UK today. If a global pandemic was not enough, the government has refused to extend free school meal vouchers in England over the half term holiday, forcing...
Image: https://unsplash.com/@jakaylatoney By Giselle Going In our rapidly globalising world, the image of ‘the multinational corporation’ (or, ‘MNC’) has come to represent the evil of our industrialised capitalist society: it encapsulates the pollution and...
Image: https://unsplash.com/@veedubsimon By Aliya Machat Income inequality is a huge issue in Britain, ONS calculated in 2016 that the richest 10% of households hold 44% of all wealth. However, income inequality is not just present in Britain in fact it is a global...
Image: https://unsplash.com/@benjamindisinger By Lucy Egginton Inequality in America is becoming increasingly prevalent in the 21st Century, however traditionally when people view America, they see the ‘American dream’ the idea that everyone has equal opportunity to...
Image: Ramon Espinosa/AP By Frances Osman-Allu According to a report by the International Organization of Migration, there have been over 33,400 recorded deaths of immigrants when migrating towards another country since 2014. Due to increasingly strict border...
By Zakk Preston Coronavirus has had an almost unimaginable impact worldwide and the impact in the UK reflects this. Almost overnight, the country was transformed from normality to complete abnormality – but little people would predict the government’s reaction to this...
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